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DVD burner
Name: xaznx6ftrx Date: August 25, 2004 at 10:40:27 Pacific OS: Win XP Home CPU/Ram: 1.9GHZ/256MB
Comment:
hello, i just bought a sony 710 DVD +- burner, and i installed it properly. when i'm trying to copy one of my home made DVD- movies, it says it can't be burned. so folks, please help me out on this or else i need to use 2 dvd players to rewrite it and it takes a much longer time. thank you!
Name: Kurt S Date: August 25, 2004 at 11:11:29 Pacific
Reply:
You will need something like DVD Shrink. a store purchased DVDs are usually around 9 gigs. store bought DVDs are 4.3 gigs (not going to get into the dual layer conversation right now). DVDShrink will compress the data down to a usable size.
http://www.dvdshrink.org/
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Response Number 2
Name: Lizette Date: August 25, 2004 at 13:15:53 Pacific
Reply:
I doubt it's the software since the DVD he's trying to copy is home made. What kind of error do you get? Who made the DVD, with what kind of program?
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Response Number 3
Name: Kurt S Date: August 25, 2004 at 14:39:40 Pacific
Name: Lizette Date: August 25, 2004 at 15:23:37 Pacific
Reply:
No problem Kurt. We're all sleepy sometimes ;P
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Response Number 5
Name: xaznx6ftrx Date: August 25, 2004 at 15:33:44 Pacific
Reply:
hi guys, thx for ur help. i used GOVIDEO vcr+dvd recorder to transfered my video tape to dvd, and i'm trying to use nero to burn it. the error message i got when the process started is that "The original DVD can't be burned.
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Response Number 6
Name: Lizette Date: August 26, 2004 at 06:21:03 Pacific
Reply:
A) Is your dvd burner a dual format? If not, check which format the dvd burner can handle. Plus (+) or minus (-).
B) i know it's maybe stupid, but double check if the recordable dvd is actually blank.
C) Is your dvd burner recognized by windows? Check the system manager. Try to delete it and restart your system. Windows will automatically re-install it.
~Liz
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Response Number 7
Name: xaznx6ftrx Date: August 26, 2004 at 12:36:56 Pacific
Reply:
yes,my dvd burner is dual layer, the recording dvd is recordble, and it is recognized by windows. i could play cd, dvd, and vcds on the drive.
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